That's the speed.
The steepness of the line on a distance-time graph represents the radial speed of the object. That is, the speed with which the object is moving towards or away from the origin. The steepness takes absolutely no account of the transverse speed, so you can be going around the origin in a circle at a great speed but, since your distance remains the same, the D-T graph will be flat: implying speed = 0.
assuming you're speaking of a horizontal line on a graph: It is because the line moves neither up or down. slope is the steepness of a line and a horizontal line isn't steep at all, it has no steepness.
They indicate a rise in whatever it is that the graph is measuring.
If you're talking about a line on a graph the steepness would be defined as the slope. Also know as rise over run. The number of units the line rises or falls divided by the number of units it goes to the right or left
The steepness of a line graph is called the "gradient" ------------------------------- or slope.
"Slope" is the steepness of the line on any graph.
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That's the speed.
It is sometimes called the gradient.
The steepness of the line on a distance-time graph represents the radial speed of the object. That is, the speed with which the object is moving towards or away from the origin. The steepness takes absolutely no account of the transverse speed, so you can be going around the origin in a circle at a great speed but, since your distance remains the same, the D-T graph will be flat: implying speed = 0.
Speed
The steepness of a line on a graph is called the slope. It is a measure of how much the line rises or falls as you move along it horizontally. It is calculated by dividing the change in the y-values by the change in the x-values.
assuming you're speaking of a horizontal line on a graph: It is because the line moves neither up or down. slope is the steepness of a line and a horizontal line isn't steep at all, it has no steepness.
They indicate a rise in whatever it is that the graph is measuring.
Because it should help indicate what the graph is about.
The change in the y-value over the x-value, the slope, m, (y1-y2)/(x1-x2).